polymorphism
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The researchers found gene variants that link colour polymorphism and potential adaptations to cold environment.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024
That third method, used in genealogical testing, is called single nucleotide polymorphism, and it looks at thousands of binding sites in DNA compared to the 25 to 30 sites an STR analyzes.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
Certain regions of the chromosome that are subject to polymorphism will lead to the generation of the unique banding pattern.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Some people have a polymorphism that instructs their body to create two of the same enzyme instead of just one.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2021
We have reproduced De Bary’s life-history of this mould here, as an illustration of structure in the Mucedines, but hereafter we shall have to write of similar transformations when treating of polymorphism.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
